# figurar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”). First attested in the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fi.ɣuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fi.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurí, past participle figurat)
* (transitive) to depict, to represent, to show
    Synonym: representar
* (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose
    Synonyms: afigurar-se, imaginar
* (intransitive) to appear, to be a part of
    Synonyms: aparèixer, formar part
    figurar a la llista ― to appear on the list
* (intransitive) to be important
** 2020 April 21, Màrius Carol, “El somni de la immortalitat”, in La Vanguardia‎:La immortalitat és un assumpte que figura a la nova agenda humana.Immortality is a matter that is important in the new human agenda.

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ “figurar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “figurar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “figurar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “figurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

figurar m
* indefinite plural of figur

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fi.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fi.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fi.ɡuˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fi.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fi.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fi.ɡuˈɾa.ɾi/ [fi.ɣuˈɾa.ɾi]

### Verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurei, past participle figurado)
* (transitive) to look like; to resemble (be similar in appearance to)
    Synonyms: assemelhar-se a, parecer
* (transitive) to symbolize; to represent (be symbolic of)
    Synonyms: representar, simbolizar
* (transitive, art) to depict
* (intransitive) to figure, to feature, to be featured (be a part of) (often prominently) [with em ‘in’ or entre ‘among’]
* (transitive) to fake; to feign; to simulate (make a false display of)
    Synonyms: encenar, fingir, simular
* (intransitive, theater, film) to star, to act (work as an actor) [with em ‘in’]
    Synonyms: atuar, encenar, estrelar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* figura
* figurado
* figurativo

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fi‧gu‧rar

### Verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figuré, past participle figurado)
* to appear
    Synonym: aparecer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* figura
* figuración

### Further reading

* “figurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10